Posts by Pearl645

Hey all,Has anyone done an East Indian themed wedding cake? The colour scheme I have to work with is royal blue, white and gold. It's a one tier 12" cake either hexagon or square. Still deciding on which cake shape to go with as the...

I had bulging round cakes already when I just started off. It was caused by 2 things:Thick and uneven layer / application of frosting (buttercream) andHow I stacked my round layer cakesI dealt with both issues by 1st:Carving the round...

Our cake prices are not on par with international prices. For instance, decorators charge around $500US for a 3 tier wedding cake (fruit cake or sponge). It's sort of like the standard price here which is very outdated. Also, our...

Hi you're very correct. I sent them a price for the 5 tier cake with 6",9",12",16" and 20" all as fruit cake with marzipan and fondant. It's my experience in this business that most brides and grooms don't know what cake sizes they want...

The bride and groom want all their wedding cake tiers to be Fruit cake. The option for styrofoam went out the door. I would have to make all these cakes PLUS slice, wrap and box 300 fruit cake slices...It's a whole lot of work right?...

What a lovely coincidence you met Trinis. Which state are you hailing from? The standard is to have 4" deep cakes - sponge and fruit cake.

Hi, yes we're talking about the same thing. We call it Black cake or Traditional Caribbean Fruit cake or just Fruit cake for short. For Fruit cake slices for wedding cake boxes as take-home for guests I use 1"x2.5" as a cake slice size....

I live in Trinidad & Tobago in the Caribbean. Hot,humid climate. Most of my clients bring photos from US cake decorating sites such as pink cake box, martha stewart wedding cakes and more. Sometimes, they bring UK photos. It varies. In...

Oh. Well I am from the Caribbean. I use marzipan on all my fruit cakes. Isn't that what everyone uses? To me the it has such great benefits from the pure almond flavour, a firm base and sharp edges for fondant application, prevents the...

Neither. Why? Was hoping to get some more helpful posts. Will check back later.